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THE SECOND BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>SAMUEL</span><br/> OTHERWISE CALLED<br/> THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 22
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David praises the Lord in a psalm of thanksgiving—The Lord is his fortress and savior; he is mighty and powerful in deliverance; he rewards men according to their righteousness; he showeth mercy to the merciful; his way is perfect; he liveth, and blessed be he.
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And</span> David spake unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> the words of this <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/1a" mark="a" type="C" title="1 Chr. 16: 7; TG Singing.">song</a> in the day <i>that</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
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And he said, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> my <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Rock.">rock</a>, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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The God of my rock; in him will I <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Faith; TG Trust in God.">trust</a>: <i>he is</i> my <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/22/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 20: 1; D&C 35: 14.">shield</a>, and the horn of my salvation, my high <sup>c</sup><a href="2_sam/22/3c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 18: 10; D&C 97: 20.">tower</a>, and my <sup>d</sup><a href="2_sam/22/3d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Refuge.">refuge</a>, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
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I will call on the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <i>who is</i> worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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When the waves of death <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/5a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR enclosed.">compassed</a> me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
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The sorrows of <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Damnation.">hell</a> compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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In my <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 136: 29.">distress</a> I called upon the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/22/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 121: 4 (1-4).">temple</a>, and my cry <i>did enter</i> into his ears.
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Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness <i>was</i> under his feet.
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And he rode upon a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Cherubim.">cherub</a>, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
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And he made <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/12a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR darkness his covering.">darkness</a> pavilions round about him, dark waters, <i>and</i> thick clouds of the skies.
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Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
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And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/15a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB scattered.">discomfited</a> them.
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And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, <i>and</i> from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> was my stay.
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He brought me forth also into a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 118: 5.">large</a> place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reward.">rewarded</a> me according to my righteousness: according to the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/22/21b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Cleanliness.">cleanness</a> of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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For I have kept the ways of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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For all his <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 7: 12.">judgments</a> <i>were</i> before me: and <i>as for</i> his statutes, I did not depart from them.
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I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
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Therefore the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
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With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, <i>and</i> with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/27a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR deceitful, perverted, crooked.">froward</a> thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 18: 27; Isa. 49: 13; 1 Ne. 21: 13.">afflicted</a> people thou wilt save: but thine eyes <i>are</i> upon the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/22/28b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Haughtiness.">haughty</a>, <i>that</i> thou mayest bring <i>them</i> down.
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For thou <i>art</i> my <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/29a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 14: 9.">lamp</a>, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will lighten my darkness.
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For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
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<i>As for</i> God, his way <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/31a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Perfection of; TG Perfection.">perfect</a>; the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/22/31b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 12: 6 (6-7); Ps. 18: 30.">word</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> tried: he <i>is</i> a buckler to all them that trust in him.
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For who <i>is</i> God, save the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>?  and who <i>is</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 32: 31.">rock</a>, save our God?
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God <i>is</i> my <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/33a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Strength.">strength</a> <i>and</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/22/33b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Power of; TG Priesthood, Power of.">power</a>: and he maketh my way <sup>c</sup><a href="2_sam/22/33c" mark="c" type="A" title="Job 22: 3.">perfect</a>.
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He maketh my feet like hinds’ <i>feet:</i> and setteth me upon my high places.
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He teacheth my hands to <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/35a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 144: 1 (1-15).">war</a>; so that a bow of <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/22/35b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 16: 18.">steel</a> is broken by mine arms.
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Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
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I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
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And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
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For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
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Thou hast also given me the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/41a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 49: 8.">necks</a> of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
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They looked, but <i>there was</i> none to save; <i>even</i> unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, but he answered them not.
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Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, <i>and</i> did spread them abroad.
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Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me <i>to be</i> head of the heathen: a people <i>which</i> I knew not shall serve me.
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Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
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Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/47a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 76: 22 (22-23).">liveth</a>; and blessed <i>be</i> my rock; and <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/22/47b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 15: 2.">exalted</a> be the God of the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_sam/22/47c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 89: 26; Ps. 95: 1.">rock</a> of my salvation.
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It <i>is</i> God that <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/48a" mark="a" type="A" title="Morm. 3: 15.">avengeth</a> me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
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And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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Therefore I will give <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/22/50a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Thanksgiving.">thanks</a> unto thee, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
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<i>He is</i> the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
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